Opinion: Demystifying Native American genetic opposition to research

Opinion dynamics under opposition

We study a DeGroot-like opinion dynamics model in which agents may oppose other agents. As an underlying motivation, in our setup, agents want to adjust their opinions to match those of the agents they follow (their ‘ingroup’ or those they trust) and, in addition, they want to adjust their opinions to match the ‘inverse’ of those of the agents they oppose (their ‘outgroup’ or those they distrus...

Globalization and Public Opinion Characterizing the Opposition

Genetic research in native communities.

People are living longer because of advances made through biomedical research. The challenge in genetic research on indigenous peoples is that it raises a complex range of legal, ethical, social, spiritual, and political issues. The current research paradigm is one of paternalism and biocolonialism. Such was the case of the Havasupai, who believed their blood samples were to be solely used for ...

Demystifying relevance of homocysteine hypothesis in native Asian Indian population.

Demystifying nursing research terminology. Part 1.

AIM This article aims to provide clear explanations of the research approaches available for nursing research. BACKGROUND There are numerous research approaches available to the nurse researcher. There is also some ambiguity in the literature in relation to research terminology and this often leads to confusion about which approach to adopt. DATA SOURCES A review of the available and most u...